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Eskom told the Mail & Guardian it had only received a R9 billion World Bank loan to decommission its coal-fired Komati power station. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Eskom still waiting for $11.596 billion in ‘just transition’ pledges

Only 10% of the funds promised to South Africa have been transferred, but are sitting with the treasury

A decade later, the implementation of the agreement is struggling to take hold, and disputes over fairness block real progress. Photo: Fatih Aktas/Getty Images

Taking stock of world’s bid to limit the climate crisis

A United Nations report paves the path ahead for COP28 taking place in the UAE in December

Close to 100 jobs at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are on the line as the continent’s leading research centre undergoes restructuring (John McCann)

Job losses threatens the CSIR’s reputation

The council’s climate change research could suffer from job cuts

A study released in March 2017 said that pollution from 2.6-million rigged Volkswagen cars sold in Germany would likely cause 1 200 premature deaths in Europe because of the excess emissions. (Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)

EU to cut new car emissions by 37.5% by 2030

The targets will require new cars sold in 2030 to emit 37.5% less carbon dioxide on average compared to 2021 levels

Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete.

Kikwete: Africa inherited poor education from colonial masters

Ex-Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said improving the education system in Africa will replenish the continent’s skills gap.

Paris Agreement: World takes giant step towards tackling climate change

The world’s most important climate change agreement will come into force on November 4, Ban Ki-moon announced this week.

El Niño is fading but monthly temperatures still reach record highs despite plans

​Earth blasts through more heat records, while research shows governments are not ambitious enough to stop catastrophic warming.

Petro-Canada’s Edmonton Refinery and Distribution Centre glows at dusk. The G7 are making moves to cut the subsidies on fossil fuels in an effort to remain true to COP21.

G7 nations to stop subsidising fossil fuels

The seven economies will stop propping up coal, gas and oil by 2025. But giant greenhouse gas emitters China and India haven’t made the pledge.

Turnaround: Education Minister Angie Motshekga expresses her delight at the Eastern Cape’s improved matric results. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Oregano will cut cows’ wind and climate change

Famous for complementing Mediterranean and Mexican cooking, the herb could now be a key ingredient in lowering global greenhouse gas emissions.

2015 on track to be the warmest year on record

Data from the UK Meteorological Office shows that 2015 will surpass last year as the hottest year on record.

Environmental activists spell out the need for action to save the planet from catastrophe.

COP21 reached a weak deal

Paris talks failed the most vulnerable, but that failure could be fixed as the world’s governments have at least agreed to head in the same direction.

Rescuers evacuate people from a flooded area to a safer place in Aluva in the southern state of Kerala, India, August 18 2018. (Sivaram V/Reuters)

Climate-fragile countries need direct financial aid

If donors help states with which they have links rather than those most vulnerable to climate change, it will increase poverty and thus migration.

The second factor reflecting a change in US foreign policy towards South Africa is that, for more than 12 months, the US did not appoint an ambassador to South Africa. (Getty)

COP21 comes down to a lot of hot air

But developed nations can play a big role in finding cheaper ways to produce clean energy.

Africa will burn after timid talks at COP21

Hot air at the talks may mean our planet will still be 3°C hotter by the end of the century.

The West is receiving cheap consumer goods without recognising the responsibility for the embedded carbon emissions that come with them.

Key issues still face COP21

With just this week left for negotiators to haggle, the critical Paris climate meeting still has to overcome fundamental disagreements.

LIghts up: Paris came out dancing after the coronavirus lockdown was lifted.

How to spot climate change denial

A cacophony of climate deniers is trying to fool us into thinking we should not be planning for the future. Here’s how to spot one, writes Sipho Kings

Cop21 will deliver more for developing countries

African countries stand a good chance at COP21 of getting their ideas across, while there will also be a better opportunity to access climate finance.

Several especially windy days drove the share of wind energy in the German grid above 50% and the spot price of electricity to zero.

Germany’s renewable energy strategy pays off

The Energiewende programme has been a success, silencing critics ahead of COP21. All that’s missing is viable storage and that now appears possible.

Climate change: Eight ways to turn before SA burns

South Africa has the means to mitigate climate change. It just needs the will.

India can cut carbon output – with help

Success at COP21 in Paris requires that all countries recognise the merit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s argument for "climate justice".